Not many people can say that they have been saved by sharks, but Toakai Teitoi, 41, a policeman from the Central Pacific island nation of Kiribati, can owe his life to one. He had been traveling with his brother-in-law, Falaile, of 52, on what was supposed to be a short voyage, beginning May 27, from the Kiribati capital of Tarawa to his home island of Maiana. They decided to fish along the way, and fell asleep during the night. When they woke up they were in the middle of the ocean. They had plenty of food but they had nothing to drink. Toakai’s brother-in-law died on July 4.The night he passed away, Teitoi slept next to him, "like at a funeral," before an emotional burial at sea the next morning. This same night, Toakai prayed and the following day there was a severe storm and he was able to collect two five gallon containers with fresh drinking water. I feel that he was a very smart man for thinking about collecting the rain water, most people would never have thought of that. The authors purpose is to tell how brave and clever he was. I strongly feel that Pete Thomas, the author of “Fisherman adrift for 106 days in Pacific says shark led him to rescuers” , got his point across very well. I agree fully with everything that was said. I just don’t understand how a shark could supposedly circle around the boat taking him to safety. Any normal shark would have tried to flip the boat and eat the contents, in this case, the man. Toakai is extremely lucky. I still don't trust sharks though.
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